Emsig Manufacturing Corp.

Emsig Manufacturing Corp., a for-profit button and apparel-component manufacturer headquartered in New York City, operates exclusively as a prime contractor supplying buttons and related fasteners to federal agencies under a portfolio of 583 small-business set-aside delivery orders and indefinite delivery contracts, with performance across domestic manufacturing facilities in New York, Texas, and Louisiana.

Emsig's capability footprint centers on Berry Amendment-compliant button manufacturing for military uniform production and federal apparel assembly. The company specializes in standard and pearlescent buttons meeting government procurement specifications for Army Combat Uniforms (ACU) and correctional-facility uniforms produced through Federal Prison Industries (UNICOR) manufacturing operations nationwide. Recent representative prime work includes a $29,606.40 delivery order from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) on August 12, 2026, for various buttons under Total Small Business set-aside; a $27,496.80 delivery order from the Federal Correctional Institution Seagoville on March 26, 2026, for buttons supporting UNICOR manufacturing; and multiple delivery orders under the Bureau of Prisons ACU Program spanning $10,972.80 to $24,897.60 per order, issued January 2022 through June 2024, to supply buttons for Army Combat Uniform production at UNICOR facilities. The company also delivered $15,321.60 in fabric procurement in September 2024 to the Bureau of Prisons Central Office, expanding its scope beyond fasteners into complementary apparel components.

Customer concentration is extreme and monolithic. The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons accounts for the overwhelming majority of Emsig's award activity: the Bureau of Prisons Central Office alone holds 36 awards carrying $5 million in combined potential value (71% of the company's total portfolio value), while regional Bureau of Prisons entities (Federal Correctional Complexes at Terre Haute, Butner, Beaumont, and individual institutions at Seagoville, Oakdale, Talladega, and Safford) collectively hold 259 awards worth $586 thousand. Together, Bureau of Prisons entities account for 348 of 583 awards (60% of award count) and $5.6 million of $7 million combined potential value (80% of dollars). This customer concentration represents a structural dependency: Emsig has no diversified federal customer base outside the Justice Department's correctional manufacturing ecosystem.

Emsig holds five core indefinite delivery contracts with the Bureau of Prisons, functioning as the vehicle anchors for its delivery-order activity. The recently awarded July 7, 2026 multiple-award IDC (DJU4600004967 implied) carries a $1,653,827.84 ceiling, is set-aside for Total Small Business, and runs through July 6, 2027, with performance across multiple UNICOR facilities nationwide. The company also maintains four older IDCs—DJU4600004191 (116 task orders, $302 thousand), DJU4600004415 (92 task orders, $392 thousand), 4600000478 (58 task orders, $211 thousand), and DJU4600002221 (58 task orders, $219 thousand)—that continue to generate delivery orders. Across these vehicles, Emsig competes under Total Small Business set-asides and full-and-open categories; recent DLA awards cite Total Small Business designation, while Bureau of Prisons Central Office and individual correctional institution delivery orders frequently carry no set-aside designation, indicating unrestricted competition.

Activity trajectory shows moderate volume with minimal growth: the company received 6 awards in 2022, declining to 4 in 2023, rebounding to 8 in 2024, dropping to 4 in 2025, and returning to 6 through August 2026. The company has minimal near-term recompete exposure—only 1 award ($30 thousand) reaches ultimate completion within twenty-four months—reflecting the long tail of small-dollar orders typical of apparel and fastener supply contracts. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $4.5 million against $7 million potential value, indicating steady invoicing across a mature, stable customer base. NAICS concentration reinforces specialization: 488 of 583 awards (84%) fall under NAICS 339993 (Fastener, Button, Needle, and Pin Manufacturing), with secondary exposure in textile fabrics (205 awards) and notions/apparel findings (229 awards via PSC code). The vendor operates in a narrow, highly specialized market with no visible subcontract footprint, no vehicle participation outside Bureau of Prisons IDCs, and no agency relationships beyond the Justice Department's correctional-manufacturing ecosystem.

Emsig Manufacturing Corporation is the world's largest producer of industrial strength fire retardant Melamine buttons and buckles. Proudly manufacturing buttons Made in America for all branches of our Armed Services since 1940. UL Certified for Fire Retardant Garments. In Business since 1928, Emsig Manufacturing's initial market strategy, as it remains today, was to produce the highest quality button products for their customers.